Originally Posted by GhanBuriGhan
Namedropping, BG, PS:T and NWN just confused me in that respect: these are games with vastly different style, mood, and story.

They didn't just "namedrop", they actually said (from the Kickstarter main page):

Project Eternity will take the central hero, memorable companions and the epic exploration of Baldur’s Gate, add in the fun, intense combat and dungeon diving of Icewind Dale, and tie it all together with the emotional writing and mature thematic exploration of Planescape: Torment.

So you know which part of which game they wish to emulate and why. Although, it seems that we are going more toward Fallout with attribute affecting dialog choices going by a recent interview by Avellon. Feargus also said he want the writers to go nuts…